Name: _______________________ Class Period: _______ Due Date: ___________
Unit 1: America in Transition Test Review
Identify the major characteristics of (1) Industry, (2) Immigration, and (3) The Gilded Age during the late 1800s (US2A):
(1) ______________________________________________________________________________________________
(2) ______________________________________________________________________________________________
(3) ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Analyze political issues such as Indian policies (US3A):
Indian Removal System:
The Dawes Act:
Overall Impact:
Analyze economic issues such as the growth of railroads (US3B):
Industrialization: _________________________________________________________________________________
Expansionism: __________________________________________________________________________________
Innovations: ____________________________________________________________________________________
Analyze political issues such as political machines (US3A):
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Understand the effects of governmental actions on individuals, industries, and communities including (US14C):
The Interstate Commerce Act (1887): ___________________________________________________________________
The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882): _____________________________________________________________________
- How did the Chinese Exclusion act affect foreign policies (US15C)? ____________________________________
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The 16th Amendment: ________________________________________________________________________________
The 17th Amendment: ________________________________________________________________________________
Discuss historical reasons why the Constitution has been amended (US21B):
Reconstruction
Amendments
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
Evaluate the contributions of Andrew Carnegie (US24B)
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How were American Indians “Americanized” into the American culture? (US26B)
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Explain how specific needs result in scientific discoveries and technological innovations in agriculture and medicine
(US27B)For example, the McCormick Reaper, Refrigeration, and Pasteurization.
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Analyze social issues affecting children during the time period (US3C)
What were the benefits of hiring children?
What is Compulsory Education Law?
Evaluate the impact of third parties, including the Populist Party (US5C)
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Identify effects of population growth and distribution on the physical environment (US14A)
Urbanization:
Overcrowding:
Urban Pollution:
Air Pollution:
Nativism:
Analyze the effects of landmark U.S. Supreme Court decisions such as Plessy v. Ferguson (US21A)
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Evaluate the economic issue such as the growth of labor unions and the pros and cons of big business (US3B)
Pros
Cons
What is the purpose of a labor union? ___________________________________________________________________
How were they significant during the time period? _________________________________________________________
What are some examples of unions in the past and today? ___________________________________________________
Describe the optimist of the many immigrants who sought a better life in America (US3D)
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Analyze social issues affecting women, minorities, immigrants, urbanization, and philanthropy of industrialists (US3C):
Women:
Minorities:
Immigrants:
Urbanization:
Philanthropy:
Identify the effects of population growth and distribution on the physical environment (US14A):
Analyze the causes and effects of changing demographic patterns resulting from immigration to the United States
(US13B)
Causes
Effects
Describe the changing relationship between the federal government and private business, including: (US15B)
Laissez-Faire: ______________________________________________________________________________________
Sherman Antitrust Act: _______________________________________________________________________________
The Homestead Act: _________________________________________________________________________________
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